110 EIGHTH PACIFIC SCIENCE CONGRESS 



John Barlow, who recently resigned to accept a faculty position with 

 the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. 



Located as it is in a state with paramount interests in the sea, the 

 Department of Oceanography continues to collaborate with, and pro- 

 vide consulting services for a large number of agencies concerned with 

 fisheries, pollution control, coastal engineering, etc. Because of its 

 proximity to the international boundary many of the problems under 

 investigation are of mutual concern to the Canadian oceanographers 

 under the leadership of Dr. John P. Tully and those at the Institute of 

 Oceanography at the University of British Columbia. To foster an 

 understanding of these problems and to profit from each other's ex- 

 perience, a series of informal meetings have been initiated. 



The foregoing material indicates the ways in which the oceanogra- 

 phic activities of the University of Washington have increased and 

 changed in emphasis during the past four years. It is felt that the crea- 

 tion of a Department of Oceanography with both undergraduate and 

 graduate curricula is recognition that the study of the oceans has at- 

 tained scientific maturity and that this field is of vital importance in 

 the future development of the maritime nations. 



The Pacific Science Association, since its organization in 1920, has 

 always featured oceanography as one of its major fields of interest. 

 Much credit is due to the Association and to the distinguished scientists 

 who have inspired and led the Committee on Oceanography of the 

 Pacific for the rapid development of the science of the sea in all coun- 

 tries bordering on our mighty ocean. 



VIETNAM 



Institutions 



Les recherches oceanographiques au Vietnam sont surtout celles 

 de rinstitut Oceanographique de Nhatrang. Un "Comite d'Oceanogra- 

 phie et d'£tudes des Cotes" groupe, sous I'egide de la Marine Nationale 

 Francaise, des physiciens, geologues, biologistes dont les travaux por- 

 tent sur des questions marines; les titres de travaux effectues par ce 

 comite sont cities al fin de la bibliographic. 



L'Institut Oceanographique de Nhatrang, que a rendu compte de 

 ses travaux aux V^, VI*^ et VII^ Pacific Science Congress a ete, au ler 

 Janvier 1952, transfere par le Gouvernement francais de I'lndochine 

 au Vietnam devenu £tat independant. L'Indochine ayant disparu com- 

 me gouvernement, la France continue, par un accord avec le Vietnam, 

 a apporter a I'lnstitut Oceanographique de Nhatrang une assistance 

 en finance et en personnel. 



